The Latest Breaking News on Space

China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.

Space · May 3, 2024

2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.

Space · May 3, 2024

China launches Chang’e-6 probe to study dark side of the moon

Unprecedented 53-day mission aims to retrieve lunar rocks and soil from far side that never faces Earth.

Al Jazeera · May 3, 2024

China launches ambitious mission to far side of the moon

The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024

Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler

NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.

Space · May 2, 2024

Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death

Scientists suggest lunar astronauts can stay fit by running sideways within a Wheel of Death.

Space · May 2, 2024

Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)

China's Chang'e 6 sample return mission to the moon's far side is scheduled to launch early Friday morning (May 3), and you can watch the action live.

Space · May 2, 2024

Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)

United Launch Alliance's new video highlight's how the Atlas V launch vehicle for Boeing's Starliner was stacked and mated to the spacecraft.

Space · May 2, 2024

NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble

Both the Hubble Telescope and TESS exoplanet hunter went into safe mode on April 23. Hubble is back on, but TESS remains off.

Space · May 2, 2024

NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches

NASA's PREFIRE mission will deploy a pair of satellites from twin launches aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rockets that will contribute to climate change studies in the Arctic and Antarctica.

Space · May 2, 2024